Aureus School Science Department

[Kirsty Rogers @AureusHead]

Driving in this morning to this sign felt pretty GOOD. So proud of @AureusSchool GOOD in all four categories 🥳

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Y9 complete their first Biology ‘required practical’. How to use microscopes to view cells. They saw more than just cells!
@AQAScience
#microscopy

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Take a look at what we've been getting up to in the science department this term!!

[Aureus School @AureusSchool]

Here is The Golden Rule for this term, enjoy!

https://t.co/TIZHRed2IR

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Year 9 got to practice several new techniques during a titration this week!
#Science
#chemistry
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[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Y10’s had an amazing visit from Battle the bugs of Oxford University. Students had a high quality talk on drug development and had a hands on experience with state of the art lab equipment! How fantastic!
#battlethebugs
@IneosOxford
@UniofOxford
@HSMOxford
@AureusSchool

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🚜 🚜 wonderful fete today. Thank you to all the staff (and their families) who made it happen, and to our community for popping in to support us.

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Y8 and Y9 had a fantastic session with House of Fun. They build windmills using Lego but then investigated how to increase turbine speed using gears. Excellent fun!
#iBrick
#houseoffunUK
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Year 8 made their own onion cell slides today and were able to identify the parts of the cell when viewing with microscopes!
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#science
#biology

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Well done to our year 10s who took part in @STEMLearningUK camp last week! They attended interactive sessions in chemistry, computing and physics, culminating in a biology trip to @VertexPharma
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#STEM
#Science

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A group of Y8’s spent a fantastic day at Harwell Campus during the open week. There were amazing hands on activities as well as experiencing the mobile Planetarium and the science fair. The students had a fantastic time. Thank you.
@HarwellCampus
@RAL_Space_STFC
@AureusSchool

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Y9 were took part in a hands on session with Abbott Labs. Using equipment to test the level of sugar in different foods and how those is is important for people with diabetes.
@AbbottNews
@AureusSchool
#diabetes

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Y10 were treated to an excellent talk from a Chemical Architect at Evotec, on designing medical drugs. All relevant to GCSE Biology.
@AQAScience
@Evotec
@AureusSchool

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Y10 Investigate whether a chemical reaction is Endothermic or Exothermic. Great results everyone😁
#GCSEChemistry
#Endothermic
#Exothermic

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Massive congratulations to Jamie, Sanjeev, Sophie, and Ruby for achieving their Bronze Crest Award!
You all put fantastic effort into your projects!
@AureusSchool
@CRESTAwards
#science

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Good luck to our year 11s who will be starting their exams this week!!
#Exams
#GCSE
#GCSEs

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Year 10’s investigated plant Tropisms. The phototropism results could not have been more perfectly grown! Awesome results🌱. Could you say what the light condition was for each dish?
@AQA
#GCSEBiology
#phototropism
#separatescienceGCSE

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Warning: Explosive chemistry ahead!! 💥
Watch our video of the thermite reaction!
@AureusSchool
@RoySocChem
#science
#chemistry
#STEM
#STEMeducation

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Year 8 have continued learning about metals.
In todays practical, they tried out displacement reactions!
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#science
#chemistry

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Year 8 learnt about the reaction between metals and oxygen today. They were able to make observations during a practical!
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#Science
#chemistry

[Aureus School Science Department @Aureus_Science]

Science Robot Competition winners!
A hotly contested competition saw teams code their bots to spell a word and navigate through a track. Fantastic results. Winners with their prize. Well done Y10
@AureusSchool
#AppBuddlets